Whether you’re fondling the print edition of Issue 34 of MyM magazine or admiring a digital option, we’ve got plenty to make you flick or swipe the pages this issue. Our main focus is on the Monster Hunter franchise (see page 20), which is finally coming to take the west by storm. The developers give us their inside view of what’s going to rock UK gamers’ worlds, as they join forces to chase down creatures that can now attack from above.

If you still feel the need for more animalistic challenges, then check out our cosplay quandary on page 45 – turns out this competitive world is more dog eat dog than you might have realised!

We’d love to say it gets more sedate from there but you know us too well to believe that. When we’re not chatting to a man who still high-kicks at the age of 70 (see page 80), we’re greeting a pirate who’s been given a hefty dose of Christian Bale’s Batman (page 26), asking some of our favourite comic-book creators how they got their foot in the door (page 29) and grilling one of the fastest guitar players alive (page 82). Phew!

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